Ouachita County Louisiana Archives Obituaries.....WELLS, ROBERT CARL JR. December 31, 2012
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News Star World - January 08, 2013
ROBERT CARL WELLS JR.

Robert Carl Wells, Jr., 75, of Gulf Shores, AL, died on Monday, December 31, 
2012 following a battle with Parkinson's disease. Born in Wilmot, AR on March 
25, 1937 to Minnie Belle and Robert Carl Wells, Sr., Carl spent most of his 
life in Wilmot, AR. He was a graduate of Wilmot High School where was an award 
winning basketball player. He graduated from the University of Arkansas, 
Fayetteville, where he became a member of Sigma Chi Fraternity. Carl was very 
successful in farming and in the cotton ginning industry and his family was 
selected as one of Ashley County's Farm Family of the Year. He was active in 
the Tennessee Walking Horse industry, owning horses for both pleasure and 
show. He also enjoyed piloting his own plane. Following retirement, Carl moved 
to Gulf Shores, AL and enjoyed golfing and spending time with friends, both 
old and new. He was a huge fan of Razorback football and basketball.

He is preceded in death by his mother, Minnie Belle Fikes Wells, father, 
Robert Carl Wells, Sr., and sister, Carolyn Wells Ainsworth.

He is survived by wife, Nancy Tatum Wells, son, Robert Carl Wells, III of 
Little Rock, AR, daughter, Nancy Anne Branton and Suzi Altman of Brandon, MS, 
daughter, Holly Branton Horncastle and Court Horncastle of West Monroe, LA, 
grandson, David Walker King of West Monroe, and numerous nieces and nephews. 

Carl was a loving husband, father, grandfather and friend.

Graveside services will be 2:00 p.m., Saturday, January 12, 2013, at the 
Wilmot Cemetery with Rev. John Embrey officiating.

Memorial donations may be made to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital , P.O. 
Box 1000, Dept. 142, Memphis, TN 38148 or to Covenant Hospice, 1040 Stanton 
Road, Suite D., Daphne, AL 36526. Funeral arrangements are under the direction 
of Jones-Hartshorn Funeral Home of Hamburg. Online guest book at www.jones-
hartshorn.com


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